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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463143403321

Autore

Wheeler Norton <1948-, >

Titolo

The role of American NGOs in China's modernization : invited influence / / Norton Wheeler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-10001-8

1-283-86163-1

1-136-22935-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Asia's transformations ; ; 38

Disciplina

068/.51

Soggetti

Non-governmental organizations - Influence

Non-governmental organizations - United States

Non-governmental organizations - China

Cultural relations

Electronic books.

China Civilization American influences

China Relations United States

United States Relations China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies -- The National Committee on United States-China Relations -- The 1990 Institute -- Invited influence in the policy sphere -- Nurturing civil society -- The impacts of educational exchange -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

In the waning years of the Cold War, the United States and China began to cautiously engage in cultural, educational, and policy exchanges, which in turn strengthened new security and economic ties. These links have helped shape the most important bilateral relationship in the late-twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.This book explores the dynamics of cultural exchange through an in-depth historical investigation of three organizations at the forefront of U.S.-China non-governmental relations: the Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and



American Studies, the National Com